III. Promotion Video ② - Misa

Because this video becomes very famous all over the world, there are many parodies. The famous one in Japan is produced by Gucchi Yuzo, who is a Japanese talent, in the NHK’s educational program “Hatch Potch Station”. In this parody video, he crosses over “Bohemian Rhapsody” with a Japanese children’s song “Dog gy cop and lost kitty”. He not only mimics the way Freddie sings and performs, but also copies high-quality video effects.
I remembered that when I was young, I saw this parody video on TV but hadn’t seen the original music video by Queen. Even so, I enjoyed watching Mr. Gucchi’s performance, but a person who laughed the most was my mother whose generation has many fans of Queen. She happily recorded the program and showed it to my father, and they bursted into laughing together. … Now I understand why they laughed so much at that time. It was so well-made parody video!

III. Promotion Video ③ - Misa

Lyrics
Ballad Part
ママ～　どこなの　僕まいごになって　今ひとりなの
Mama, where are you? I’m lost and alone now
ママ～　財布なくして　電話するお金もないんだ
Mama, I lost my wallet so I even don’t have a money to call you
ママ～　グ～　お腹の虫が　ほら鳴き出しているよ　ママ～
Mama, goooo(stomach growling) My stomach begins to growls mama…

Opera Part
迷子の迷子の　こねこちゃん　あなたのおうちは　どこですか
Little kitty little kitty lost and all alone,
Doggy cop was saying he would take her home
ｺｰﾗｽ（わからない－よ　お金もないよ）
(chorus) I don’t know and I don’t have money either
借りれよ　借りれよ　借りれよ早く
Why don’t you borrow, Why don’t you borrow, Why don’t you borrow right now
そりゃ　無理だぁぁぁぁぁぁ――――
You’re asking too muuuuuuuuuch
おうちを聞いてもわからない　名前を聞いてもわからない
Where do you live? Doggy cop smiled and said
What’s your name? Poor kitty only shook her head
にゃん　にゃん　にゃにゃ―ん　にゃん　にゃン　にゃにゃンーアー
Mew, mew mew mew, mew mew mew mew ahhhhhh
泣いてばかりいる子猫ちゃん
Poor little kitty she only cry and cry
２時間たってもわからない
2 hours passed but the situation doesn’t change
そうだ　ママの名前はミヨコ
Oh, I remember now! My mother’s name is Miyoko
名前は　ミ　ヨ　コ
Her name is Miyoko
ママミヨ　ママミヨ　ママミヨ　いずこ
Mama Miyo, mama Miyo, mama Miyo, where are you?
ポリース　ポリース　ポリース
Police, police, poliiiiiiiice

Hard Rock Part
犬のおまわりさん　困ってしまって　ワンワンワワン　ワンワンワワン
Doggy cop feeling sad and lost
He barked, Bowwow bowwow, bowwow bowwow
ワンワンワワン　ワンワンワワン

IV. Live Performance - Misa

As mentioned in the other sections, this song uses overdubbed technique many times, so it is difficult to perform this song live, especially the first chorus part before the ballad part and the Opera part. Freddie sought many solutions.

The first attempt he made for the opening chorus part is replacing the other songs’ opening parts with the opening chorus of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. At first, Freddie substitute the opening part of the song “Mustapha” for the opening of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, because it was easier since the “Mustapha” opening was solo a cappella while that of “Bohemian Rhapsody” was overdubbed chorus .
Mainly in the Hot Space Tour in 1982, Freddie improvised on the piano, which is in most cases the introduction to “Death on Two Legs”, ended with the first piano notes of the “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

The first solution to the Opera part, which was also full of overdubbing, was to divide up the song and put the opening ballad and ending ballads together. It went like this: the opening and closing ballads part of Bohemian Rhapsody -> Killer Queen -> March of the Black Queen -> (sometimes “Bring Back that Leroy Brown”) -> the hard rock part of the Bohemian Rhapsody.

The second attempt was started in the “A Day at the Races Tour” in 1977. This time, the song started with the opening ballad part, and after Brian May’s guitar solo, all members left the stage and the Opera part was played from tape. When Roger Taylor’s final high note in the Opera part “For me” was played, members returned to the stage and played the hard rock part and closing ballad part. This playing style continued all through the “Magic Tour” in 1986.



Works cited
Wikipedia, Bohemian Rhapsody. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody